Stan Klamer 1951

Lives in Amsterdam. Works in Amsterdam.

Represented by:

Galerie Maurits van de Laar

Stan Klamer (1951) conceives drawing and painting as a form of cartography. By abstracting reality into a map, space is created for reflecting ideas and thoughts. Often Stan Klamer represents islands. The island forms a closed world, offering space for experiments and for the development of ideas because of its isolated position. In other drawings you see line systems reminiscent of the floor plan of an underground railway. In this way you are led from one point to the other along ever changing places and landscapes. Sometimes the journey is explicit and references are made to existing towns or historical and mythical persons as Ulyssses traveller of the ancient world.

In recent years water and boats play an important role in Stan Klamers work. From his studio he overlooks the Amsterdam river IJ in which a great variety of water traffic passes by everyday. Other drawings depict a stream of meticulously drawn objects that uninterruptedly travel across the viewers gaze.

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Artworks by Stan Klamer

A Whale Mistaken for an Island

Articles on Stan Klamer

An Ingenious choreography - new work by Jantien Jongsma and Stan Klamer

Gallery Maurits van de Laar is currently showing a joint exhibition featuring work by Jantien Jongsma and Stan Klamer. Both artists incorporate their immediate surroundings into their creations: Jongsma depicts Amsterdam's Slotervaart in her drawings, while Klamer's metaphorical cartography is inspired by the boats he sees passing by on the IJ every day.

Wouter van den Eijkel

30 years of Gallery Maurits van de Laar

Gallery Maurits van de Laar is celebrating its 30th anniversary and to commemorate this, the Hague-based gallery is presenting no fewer than three group exhibitions. Equipe 2 can now be seen by appointment, it comprises work by Marcel van Eeden, Robbie Cornelissen, Martin Assig, Tobias Gerber and Nour-Eddine Jarram, among others. “I have to be able to look into the soul of an artist, whatever that means, but you can sense that immediately.”

Wouter van den Eijkel

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A visit to Stan Klamer's studio, featuring a survey of his work, as well as some details of the artist's creative process, for instance his meticulous drawing of ships and sailing vessels. The footage is accompanied by Lars Kramer's guitar, Stan Klamer's son. Stan Klamer conceives drawing and painting as a form of cartography. Islands, nautical charts, boats, the ocean -and the intersections of them all- are common motifs in his work. Maps, contrary to what it might seem, do not depict neutral spaces, if not constructed. They abstract the immense complexity of reality into a finite, two-dimensional space. In this sense, Klamer's pictorial cartography is an opportunity for spatial contemplation, for reflecting upon the way artists document their own universes.

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CROWD

Marcel van Eeden, Martin Assig, Karin van Dam, Ed Pien, Frank van den Broeck, Jan Brokof, Robine Clignett, Robbie Cornelissen, Andrea Freckmann, Diederik Gerlach, Christie van der Haak, Henri Jacobs, Nour-Eddine Jarram, Stan Klamer, Dieter Mammel, Erik Pape, Zeger Reyers, Sebastiaan Schlicher, Elmar Trenkwalder, Ronald Versloot, Dirk Zoete, Cedric ter Bals, Martin Fenne, Marjolijn van der Meij, Susanna Inglada, Tobias Lengkeek, Tobias Gerber, Peter Vos, Dan Zhu, Romy Muijrers, Paul van der Eerden, Elsbeth Ciesluk, Lotte van Lieshout, Janice McNab, Fransje Killaars, Lisa Blaauwbroek, David Bade

24 nov - 22 dec 2024, Den Haag, Nederland

Jantien Jongsma / Stan Klamer

Stan Klamer, Jantien Jongsma

7 apr - 5 may 2024, Den Haag, Nederland

Drawing Now Paris

Martin Assig, Robbie Cornelissen, Stan Klamer, Susanna Inglada, Romy Muijrers, Paul van der Eerden

22 mar - 26 mar 2023, Paris, France

MOVING UP

Marcel van Eeden, Martin Assig, Karin van Dam, Ed Pien, Frank van den Broeck, Jan Brokof, Robine Clignett, Robbie Cornelissen, Andrea Freckmann, Diederik Gerlach, Christie van der Haak, Henri Jacobs, Nour-Eddine Jarram, Stan Klamer, Dieter Mammel, Erik Pape, Zeger Reyers, Sebastiaan Schlicher, Elmar Trenkwalder, Ronald Versloot, Dirk Zoete, Cedric ter Bals, Martin Fenne, Susanna Inglada, Tobias Lengkeek, Tobias Gerber, Peter Vos, Anya Belyat Giunta, Dan Zhu, Romy Muijrers, Paul van der Eerden, Elsbeth Ciesluk

23 oct - 27 nov 2022, Den Haag, Nederland

Drawing Now

Robbie Cornelissen, Nour-Eddine Jarram, Stan Klamer, Susanna Inglada, Dan Zhu

19 may - 22 may 2022, Paris, France

Départ

Marcel van Eeden, Martin Assig, Karin van Dam, Ed Pien, Frank van den Broeck, Jan Brokof, Robine Clignett, Robbie Cornelissen, Andrea Freckmann, Diederik Gerlach, Christie van der Haak, Nour-Eddine Jarram, Stan Klamer, Dieter Mammel, Erik Pape, Zeger Reyers, Sebastiaan Schlicher, Elmar Trenkwalder, Ronald Versloot, Dirk Zoete, Cedric ter Bals, Martin Fenne, Marjolijn van der Meij, Susanna Inglada, Tobias Lengkeek, Tobias Gerber, Peter Vos, Anya Belyat Giunta, Dan Zhu, Romy Muijrers, Paul van der Eerden, Kevin Simon Mancera, Elsbeth Ciesluk

15 jan - 13 feb 2022, Den Haag, Nederland

EQUIPE 2

Marcel van Eeden, Martin Assig, Karin van Dam, Ed Pien, Frank van den Broeck, Robine Clignett, Robbie Cornelissen, Andrea Freckmann, Diederik Gerlach, Nare Eloyan, Nour-Eddine Jarram, Stan Klamer, Martin Fenne, Tobias Lengkeek, Tobias Gerber, Anya Belyat Giunta, Kevin Simon Mancera, Elsbeth Ciesluk

4 dec - 24 dec 2021, Den Haag, Nederland

Ristretto

Marcel van Eeden, Martin Assig, Karin van Dam, Ed Pien, Jan Brokof, Andrea Freckmann, Diederik Gerlach, Nare Eloyan, Nour-Eddine Jarram, Stan Klamer, Dieter Mammel, Erik Pape, Elmar Trenkwalder, Ronald Versloot, Dirk Zoete, Cedric ter Bals, Seekee Chung, Martin Fenne

17 nov - 23 dec 2018, Den Haag, Nederland

In museum collection:

Teylers Museum

In corporate collection:

Erasmus Universiteit

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Stan Klamer, Valkenswaard, the Netherlands, 1951

Education
1999-2000 DBB-opleiding Academie voor Beeldende Vorming Amsterdam
1982-1984 Jan van Eyck Academie Maastricht
1977-1982 Academie Industriele Vormgeving, afd.Vrije Beeldende Vormgeving Eindhoven

Exhibitions (selection)
2017 '6 voor 6' Tentoonstelling Loods 6 Amsterdam
2016 Huis de Pinto Amsterdam
2016 "Traumraum" Drawing Centre Diepenheim
2016 Het Gemak Den Haag
2016 Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
2016 Amsterdam Drawing
2015 Tekenkabinet Museum Waterland Purmerend
2015 Tekenkabinet Nieuw Dakota Amsterdam
2015 Tekenkabinet Kunstenhuis Amsterdam
2015 Amsterdam Drawing
2015 C Labwest Amsterdam
2014 Galerie De Meerse Hoofddorp
University College Amsterdam
Object Art Rotterdam
‘Zee’ Galerie Maurits van de Laar Den Haag
2013 MK24 Amsterdam
‘Voyage’ Galerie Maurits van de Laar Den Haag
2012 Galerie Gist Amsterdam
Galerie Maurits van de Laar Den Haag
2011 Galerie Josart Amsterdam
MK24 Amsterdam
Galerie Maurits van de Laar Den Haag
2010 ‘Lighten up 2’ Bagagehal Loods 6
Atelierroute Amsterdam Oost
Galerie Maurits van de Laar Den Haag
2008 Galerie Maurits van de Laar Den Haag
2007 ‘Lighten up’ Loods 6 Amsterdam
Van Abbemuseum (met stichting Zetel)
2006 Zonnehof Amersfoort
Berlijn (met stichting Zetel)
2005 De Witte Dame Eindhoven
Galerie Maurits van de Laar Den Haag
Dordrechts Museum (cat)
2004 ‘Zetel’ S V B Amstelveen
Galerie Maurits van de Laar Den Haag
Kunstencentrum Signe Heerlen
2003 ‘Oratio Pro Domo 2’ loods 6 Amsterdam
2004 S V B Amstelveen
2001 Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem
(winnaar Jeanne Oostingsprijs)
2000 Stadmuseum Gohre Jena (D) (cat)
2000 ‘Samenscholing’ Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht
1999 ‘Oratio Pro Domo’ loods 6 Amsterdam
1999 Galerie Edition Lutz Fiebig Berlijn
1998 ‘Die Hollandische Welle’ Art Multiple Dusseldorf
1998 Steiger 8 Multiples Kunst RAI Amsterdam
1997 Galerie Maurits van de Laar Den Haag
1996 Galerie Asselijn Amsterdam
1995 ‘Wim Izaks Stipendium’ Kunstvereniging Diepenheim (cat)

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